Civic Conversations – WFHB

Civic Conversations – WFHB
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Civic Conversations is produced by WFHB in support of the League of Women Voters of Bloomington-Monroe County, a non-partisan organization. Civic Conversations is produced by Jim Allison, with help from WFHB News Director Kade Young and members of the League of Women Voters of Bloomington-Monroe County.

  1. 1d ago

    Civic Conversations Discusses Disinformation in Hungary, the Russian Ukraine War and in the US

    This month on Civic Conversations, Indiana University Professor Jessica Story-Nagy, a political and linguistic anthropologist, discusses how private talk with friends and family can influence voting behavior. She is a research associate and adjunct faculty member in the Department of Anthropology and the Russian and Eastern European Institute. She is also the President of the …

    20 min

  2. May 21

    Civic Conversations welcomes Mindy Besaw of the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art

    In May, Civic Conversations welcomed Mindy Besaw, director of the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art on the IU campus. Mindy became director of the museum in 2025 after a stint as curator of the Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, Arkansas. Mindy discussed her role as director of the museum, which houses about 48,000 …

    15 min

  3. Apr 16

    Civic Conversations Welcomes Erin Aquino of Exodus Refugee Immigration

    This month, Civic Conversations welcomed Erin Aquino, Bloomington Resettlement Director for Exodus Refugee Immigration, to discuss immigration policies. In the podcast, Aquino explained Exodus Refugee’s role in welcoming over 500 refugees to Bloomington, outlined constitutional rights of immigrants, described the complex roles of different government branches in immigration policy, and detailed ICE’s operations and recent …

    13 min

  4. Mar 12

    Civic Conversation Talks Data Tracking with IU’s Nicole Bennett

    In March, Civic Conversations welcomed Nicole Bennett, Associate Director of Indiana University’s Center for Refugee Students and a PhD student in the Department of Geography. She is researching current data collection and tracking efforts in the United States. You can find a series of her articles at The Conversation. Today, Jim and Nicole discussed how personal data that …

    16 min

  5. Feb 21

    Civic Conversations Talks About the Loss of Science Funding with Professor Thomas Kaufman

    In January, Civic Conversations welcomed Thomas Kaufman, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biology at Indiana University, to discuss the impact of the loss of science funding in the United States.  In 2025, over 3,800 grants from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation were terminated or frozen by the Trump Administration.  Indiana University …

  6. 10/15/2025

    Civic Conversations Talks to Biographer Ray Boomhower

    This month, Civic Conversations’ Jim Allison welcomed Ray Boomhower, esteemed Indiana biographer and senior editor of the Indiana Historical Society Press, where he edits the quarterly popular history magazine, Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History. In the podcast, Boomhower discussed his book about the photo of the Buddhist monk who set himself on fire to …

    18 min

  7. 07/21/2025

    Civic Conversations Talks with Chris Fox, Sycamore Land Trust

    This month, the League of Women Voters Bloomington-Monroe County’s Civic Conversations welcomes Chris Fox, the Land Stewardship Director for the Sycamore Land Trust, to discuss reforestation and land renovation in Monroe County. In the podcast, Fox shares the work that the Sycamore Land Trust is doing to protect over 11,727 acres on 146 protected properties …

    14 min

  8. 06/23/2025

    Civic Conversations Welcomes Chancellor Erik Coyne to talk about community college

    This month, Civic Conversations welcomes Erik Coyne, Chancellor of Ivy Tech of Bloomington, to discuss the value of community colleges. Erik oversees a campus of more than 11,000 students who are obtaining workforce training or preparing for a four-year college education. One of Ivy Tech’s biggest goals is workforce development. Their Next Level Job program …

    23 min
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Civic Conversations is produced by WFHB in support of the League of Women Voters of Bloomington-Monroe County, a non-partisan organization. Civic Conversations is produced by Jim Allison, with help from WFHB News Director Kade Young and members of the League of Women Voters of Bloomington-Monroe County.

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